Shoe-fitting device.



D. A. THALIMER.

SHOE FITTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, |911.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

WITNESS INVENTOH.

DAVID ARTHUR THALIMER, OF VASI-IINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-FITTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed June 19, 1917. Serial No. 175,610.

i vTo all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID ARTHUR THALI- Mnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Vashington, in the county of lVashington and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShoe-Fitting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

rIhe invention relates to shoe fitting devices intended for use in theretail shoe business, and has for its primary objects, the provision ofa foot measuring device whereby the size of shoe required can be quicklyand accurately determined by merely adjusting the device to the foot ofthe customer; the provision of a cheap simple device of the characterspecified whereby the two measurements of the foot required may be takenat the same time; and the provision of a measuring device which can beeasily adjusted and read. One embodiment of the invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawing, wherein-- Figure l is a plan view of thedevice; Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-II of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line III- III of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is adevelopment of the cylindrical indicating member shown in Fig. 1.

The body portion of the device is in the form of a tray having thebottom 1, the sides 2, 3, and the ends 4: and 5. The bottom preferablyhas its upper surface provided with a sheet, 1a, of Celluloid to protectthe wood and improve the appearance of the device. Extendinglongitudinally of this tray or box is the bar 6 provided at its endswith transverse bars 7 and 8 adapted to bear against the ends t and 5.above the transverse bar 7 is a retaining strip 9, while a cylindricalmember or roller 10 lies above the bar 8. The bar 6 is thus mountedl forlimited lateral movement toward and away from the side 2 of the tray,and is at the same time always maintained in parallelism with the sides2 and 3.

rlhe bar 6 is preferably of the cross-section indicated in Fig. 3 andcarries the longitudinal movable block 11 which is raised so as to fitthe bar 6 with a dove-tail connection, thus preventing the accidentalremoval of the block 11. Mounted for lateral movement in the block 11 isthe bar l2, such bar having end portions 13, 14, and a middle portionwhich extends over the bar Lying- 6 and through arecess 1 5 in the block11 (Fig. 2).

The bar 6 is provided with the graduations 32, 33, 34, etc., and alsocarries at its end a pointer or indicator 16 adapted to fit over therotary member 10. The rotary member 10 is provided with a plurality oflongitudinal lines 32, 33, 311, etc., (F ig. 4:) and each of these linesis graduated vand marked with the letters A, B, C, D and E, whichcorrespond to widths of shoes.

In operating the device the foot is placed as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 1 with the heel resting against the side l and the side of thefoot resting against the side 2. The bar 6 is then adjusted laterallyuntil the block 11 engages the outer side of the foot, such block alsobeing adjusted longitudinally until the bar 12 engages the toe of thefoot. This brings the parts in position to indicate the size of shoerequired for the foot being measured, the front end of the block 11coinciding with the 36 graduation, and when the member l0 is turned tobring the 36 line thereof uppermost the indicator 16 is opposite theletter B. If the 32 graduation, which is the first one on the bar 6,represents a No. 1 shoe, then the 36 graduation represents a No. 5 shoe,and the size of shoe required is .f5-B. The foregoing will be sufficientto represent the method of use, the graduations on the bar 6representing the lengths while the graduations on the rotary member 10represent the widths, the length being first ascertained and the member10 then being rotated to bring uppermost the member corresponding to thelength. The device can be quickly and conveniently adjusted and gives anaccurate showing as to the size of shoe required in each case. Thedevice is relatively small and cheap in construction but is capable ofuse within a wide range and is so constructed that it can beconveniently applied to the foot. Other advantages incident to thedevice will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. In a foot measuring device, relatively fined side and end members forengaging the side and end of the foot to be Ineasured, a graduated barextending parallel to the side member and movable toward and from saidside member, an end bar secured at right angles to the said graduatedbar and movable longitudinally thereof, a rotary` member extendingtransversely of the graduated bar, and a plurality ot' sets ofgraduations extending longitudinally of the rotary member and arrangedto indicate the Widths of shoes required for given lengths.

2. In a foot measuring device, relatively fixed side and' end membersfor engaging the side and end of the foot to be measured, a graduatedbar extending parallel to the side member and movable toward and fromsaid side member, an end bar .secured at right angles to the saidgraduated bar and movable longitudinally thereof, a rotary member eX-tending transversely of the graduated bar, and a plurality of sets ofgraduations extending longitudinally of the rotary member, the graduatedbar being marked to correspond to different lengths or sizes of shoes,and the rotary member having its sets of graduationsl marked tocorrespond to the lengths marked on the graduated bar.

3. In a foot measuring device, relatively fixed side and end members forengaging the Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, byaddressing the side and end of the foot to be measured, a graduated barextending parallel to the side member and Vmovable toward and from saidsaid side member, an end bar secured at right angles to the saidgraduated bar and mov-I able longitudinally thereof, and also mountedfor endWise movement, and graduated means for indicating the lateralyposition of the said graduated bar.

t. In a foot measuring device, a tray having an upright end and sides, agraduated bar extending longitudinally thereof and mounted for lateralmovement but held parallel to said sides, an end bar mounted on thegraduated bar for movement longitudinally thereof and extending at rightangles thereto, an indicator on the end of the graduated bar, and acylindrical rotary member provided on different portions of itscircumference With a plurality of sets of longitudinal graduations withwhich the indicator on the graduated bar is adapted to register.

DAVID ARTHUR THALIMER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

